Table 4.
Previous results in Single access rectal cancer surgery.
| Author, year | Patient number | Operation | Special Technique or Instrument | Port type | Mean operative time (minutes) | Staging | Mean wound length | Quirke's mesorectal fascia grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hamzaoglu et al., 2011 [9] | 4 | 3 LAR 1 TAE |
Suture-hung sigmoid with abdominal wall | Triport | 347 | 2 stage III 2 stage I | 3.5 cm | 3 |
| Uematsu et al., 2011 [10] | 7 | LAR | Suspending bar and extracorporeal magnet | Self innovation | 205 | 2, stage II 5 stage III | 3 cm | NA |
| Hirano et al., 2012 [11] | 15 | AR | NA | EZ lap protector + 12 mm port | 276 | 0 stage 0 3 stage I 3 stage II 7 stage III 2 stage IV |
2.8 cm | NA |
| Hua-Feng et al., 2012 [12] | 20 | APR | Start from perineal resection phase | Self-innovation | 138 | NA | NA | NA |
LAR: low anterior resection, TAE: transabdominal anal excision, AR: anterior resection, APR: abdominoperineal resection.